The burgundy van jumped the curb, slamming into 5 people including the dead teen, identified as 16-year-old Drudak Tenzin .

Tenzin was a student at Applied Communications High School. The Department of Education released the following statement:, "We are arranging for a crisis team to offer counseling to students and staff at the school."

Witnesses say the minivan driver did everything they could to stop the vehicle but could not before hitting the pedestrians and then slamming into a tree.

"He lost control of the car, he was really trying to stop," said one witness.